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Matthew Stevenson and John Torrey correspondence, 1818-1825

by: Stevenson, Matthew, 1794-1868

Publication date: 1818

Topics: Botanical specimens, Carex, Stevenson, Matthew, 1794-1868 -- Correspondence, Torrey, John, 1796-1873 -- Correspondence, Beck, Lewis C. (Lewis Caleb), 1798-1853, Bullions, Alexander, 1779-1857, Cleaveland, Parker, 1780-1858, Eaton, Amos, 1776-1842. Manual of botany for the northern states, Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830, Prince, William Robert, 1795-1869

Collection: nybgtorrey; biodiversity; NY_Botanical_Garden

Contributor: New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library

Language: English

Item Size: 12.1M

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Correspondence from Matthew Stevenson to John Torrey, dated 1818-1825, discussing various plants and the difficulties of finding time to indulge in his love of botany, as well as a correspondence, while maintaining a busy medical practice. Obsolete and unresolved plant names mentioned include Corydalis formosa, Dalibarda fragarioides, and Monarda hirsuta

John Torrey Papers (PP), Archives, The New York Botanical Garden

Digitized under grant #PW-234827-16 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), with additional support from Carnegie Corporation of New York

Finding aid for the John Torrey papers available from the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, New York Botanical Garden and online

Abstract: Correspondence from Matthew Stevenson to John Torrey, dated 1818-1825, discussing various plants and the difficulties of finding time to indulge in his love of botany, as well as a correspondence, while maintaining a busy medical practice. Obsolete and unresolved plant names mentioned include Corydalis formosa, Dalibarda fragarioides, and Monarda hirsuta.